Weet-Bix diversion in Vic upskirt case

When a Melbourne man bent down in the aisles of a suburban supermarket to pick up a box of Weet-Bix, he was not after the cereal, but rather the chance to take a photo up a schoolgirl's skirt.

Michael David Kempton, 40, on Friday pleaded guilty in Melbourne Magistrates' Court to one charge of "intentionally observing the genital ... region" without consent over the upskirting incident at Hawthorn in 2016.

The Narre Warren South man shadowed the schoolgirl at the supermarket before he took a photo while picking up the box of cereal, which he did not buy, police prosecutor Senior Constable James Kett told the court.

"The victim was standing in the middle of the aisle," Const Kett said.

Kempton bent down and picked up the box with one hand while holding his phone in his other, the prosecutor said.

"He placed his phone underneath and between the victim's legs ... 30 centimetres below the skirt, essentially to upskirt her," he said.

Police say Kempton did not buy anything from that aisle and left the store with lamb cutlets and pre-mixed drinks.